Combined weather strip and window guide



Dec. 12,1939. E. J. FEILER 2,183,475

COMBINED WEATHER STRIP AND WINDOW GUIDE Filed June 9, 1937 6 /5 5 E1E4/I: 1 a i .5 8 7 u 4 a v5 X INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 12, 1939PATENT OFFICE cormmnn WEATHER s'rmr AND wmnow GUIDE Edmond J. Feller,Madison, Wis. Application June 9, msms'enai No. 147,361

2 Claims.

My present invention, in its broad aspect, has

to do with improved window guide and weather strip construction, and inmany respects is a carrying forward of the idea defined in my UnitedStates Patent No. 2,103,772, issued Dec. 28, 1937. My present windowguide and weather strip construction eliminates the necessity for usingstops and parting beads as the sash rides wholly upon the rib of theguide and does not come into contact with the frame at any point therebycompletely eliminating sticking either from paint or damp weather. Whereinside and outside stops are used, the window sash does not come incontact with the same, but is weather proofed and held in the properposition in. the frame, and is wholly supported by the rib of thecombined guide and weather strip so that at all times the sash is freerunning and at the same time tight tothe weather and whatever m weartakes place over a period of time is compensated for by the constructionand inherent resiliency of the guide. Furthermore, sash weights andpockets as well as pulleys and cords are eliminated, but means areprovided whereby my sash can be used in conjunction with compensatingsprings, if desired, which are adjustable in tension to different weightsashes and are designed to assist in raising and lowering the same,andare wholly concealed and out of the way in the frame. My sash andframe can be manufactured as a unit ready for installation to be sold ata cost about the same as or less than the old fashioned or conventionalsash and frame using weights and pulleys and which in .35 mostconstruction requires later installation of Weatherstripping atconsiderable additional cost to the building owner. My sash,furthermore, will not rattle since it rides on a single metal rib and isnon-vibratory, and it can be quickly 0 installed, is simple andsatisfactory in operation,

and adaptable to all types of building construction.

In addition to the foregoing objects and advantages, other and equallyimportant merits 45 will be apparent as the detailed descriptionproceeds in conjunction with the drawing forming a part of thisapplication, but interpretation of the scope of my invention should onlybe conclusive when made in the light of the subjoined 50 claims.

In the drawing wherein I have illustrated a preferred form of myinvention:

Figure 1 is a vertical elevation of my invention partially fragmentaryand partially broken away 55 to show the relationship of the parts andmore particularly the relationship of the lifting element to the weatherstrip,

Figure 2 is a transverse section,

Figure 3 is an end view of the combined guide and weather strip, and 5Figure 4 is a view of a part of a frame and sash showing how the riboperates in the groove and illustrating how tension or pressure ismaintained and the sash separated from the frame in operation and ridingfree on the rib.

In the drawing wherein like characters of reference illustrate like orsimilar parts throughout the several views:

The numeral l designates the general construction of a window frame, andit will be noted 15 that it has no parting strips between the sashes,and that the vertical rails are each provided with a groove 2 adjacentthe edge portions of each sash. In the present construction inner andouter stops 3 are used but these can be elimigo nated entirely ifdesired since the sash is wholly supported on the rib of the guide in amanner which will hereinafter appear.

The upper and lower sashes are designated respectively 4 and 5 and eachhas a longitudinal 5 groove 6 inv the side edge of each vertical rail Iin which fits the rib 8 at the side edges of the guide plate 9; it willbe noted that the shape of the ribs 8 is the same as the shape of. thegrooves 6 to form a close fitting track on which 30 the sashes ride.

The guide plate has a central flat portion I0 formed with openings forattaching screws II or the like to hold the same on the vertical railsof the frame I and angularly and outwardly bent 5 web portions l2 oneach side of the central flat portion II) which terminate in the ribs 8over the grooves 2 so that the sash is spaced from the frame by the webportions as shown in the drawing and which also serve to tension andsupport the sash to prevent rattling, or too loose movement and to keepthe ribs firmly in the grooves 6 to form a properly fitting, weathertight track.

In the grooves 2 of the vertical rails of the frame are coil springs l3which are attached at their lower ends to pins I4 extending out from thebase rails of the sashes and at their upper ends to pins l5 carried inthe grooves of the frame and adjustable, if desired, by placing the pinsin different openings l6 provided therein so that the tension of thesprings can be regulated to conform to the weights of different types ofsashes. It is to be understood that my guide and weather stripconstruction can be used either with or without compensating springs.

From the foregoing it is believed that the operation and construction ofthe present invention will be apparent, but it is again emphasized thatinterpretation of the invention insofar as scope of the inventiveconcept is concerned should only be conclusive when made in the light ofthe sub- :loined claims.

I claim: 7 r

1. A window frame and sash construction, comprising a sheet metalweather strip and sash support and guide attached to the frame andextending in the space between the frame and sash side rail, a groove inthe frame beneath the weather strip and guide and almost wholly coveredand guarded thereby, and a spring in the groove and guarded from contactwith the sash by the weather strip and guide and guarded by the weatherstrip and guide, said spring having one end attached to the frame, andthe sash supported and guided by the weather strip and guide out ofcontact with the frame, and the other end of the spring attached to thesash for the purpose defined.

2. A window frame andsash construction, comprising a sheet metal,platelike, inherently resilient weather strip attached to the frame at acenter point and standing out from the frame at either side of theattaching point in the space between the sash and the frame to space thesash from the frame, and sash guiding members on the strip having sashengaging portions outstanding therefrom and slidably engaged by the sashto support the same in spaced relationship to the side rails and frame,the window frame formed with grooves in its side rails located beneaththe edges of the weather strip to be guarded thereby, spring meanswholly carried in the grooves of the side rails and separated from thesash by the weather strip and attached at one end to the window frame,and outstanding members carried by the sash and engaging the remainingends of the spring means so that the sash is wholly supported andbalanced without contacting with the spring means or the side railsofthe window frame.

' EDMOND J. FEILER.

